Colin Falconer (writer)
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.jpg) Colin Falconer on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2012 | |
| Born | Colin Bowles 1953 |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Website | Official website |
Colin Falconer (born 1953) is a pen name of Colin Bowles, who also uses the pen name Mark D'Abranville,[2] an English-born Australian writer. Works published under the pen name include contemporary and historical thrillers, and children's books. Under his original name he has also published books of satirical fiction; non-fiction books about language; television and radio scripts; and many magazine articles and columns.
Biography
[edit]Born in North London, Bowles moved to Australia in his twenties and worked as a taxi driver and guitarist before joining an advertising agency.[3] In 1984 he moved to Sydney to pursue a career as a writer.
He worked as a freelance journalist for various major magazines and wrote scripts for radio and television before becoming a full-time novelist in 1990. His books have been translated into 17 languages.[4] He lives in Australia with his wife.
Awards
[edit]| Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Rough Justice | Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel | Finalist | [5] |
| 2001 | The Certainty of Doing Evil | Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel | Finalist | [5] |
Novels by Colin Falconer
[edit]Falconer novels have an international audience. Harem (also published as The Sultan's Harem), the story of Suleiman the Magnificent, sold over 150,000 copies in Germany alone.
- Harem (1993)
- Aztec (1999)
- Feathered Serpent (2002)
- The Sultan's Harem (2004)
- Silk Road (2011)
- Anastasia (2012)
- Isabella: Braveheart of France (2013)
- East India (2014)
- Nights in the Sun
- Venom
- Deathwatch (1991)
- Fury Book 1: Live For Me (1993)[6]
- Opium
- Triad
- Dangerous
- Disappeared
- Rough Justice
- The Certainty of Doing Evil
- When We Were Gods
- My Beautiful Spy
- Pearls
- Stairway to the Moon (sequel to Pearls)
- Surfing Mr. Petrovic
- Colossus
- Stigmata
- The Unkillable Kitty O'Kane (2017)
- Lord of the Atlas (2022)
- Fury Book 2: Sleeping with the Enemy (2022)[7]
- Ends of the Earth (2023)[8]
Works by Colin Bowles
[edit]These include:
- Wit's Dictionary
- G'day, Teach Yourself Australian
- The Year We Seized the Day (2007, with Elizabeth Best)
- "Flying Blind"
- "Flying Hazzard"
References
[edit]- ^ "Front Page with author name". doi:10.15282/mohe.v9i1.411.s139. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ My Beautiful Spy, fronticepiece, ISBN 1863255060
- ^ "Colin Falconer Author Bookshelf". Random House. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- ^ "Colin Falconer". Conville & Walsh Literary Agency. Archived from the original on 8 September 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- ^ a b "Colin Falconer". Stop, You're Killing Me!. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Fury Book 1: Live For Me. ASIN B09Z9KWVVG.
- ^ Fury Book 2: Sleeping With the Enemy. ASIN B0BCCVTMTN.
- ^ Ends of the Earth). ISBN 064581475X.
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